Back home now... been sick all day! I'm so glad this waited for me to get back. Well all that happened last week with the virus was doubly bad on me. I was set to leave wednesday afternoon when a new unknown virus goes spreading around the world on tuesday morning. The reason I was going to FL was to display our website which was now under attack 36 hours before I'm supposed to leave! I managed tyo stop the virus and get on a plane, but I'll have alot to do come tommorrow morning.
Wednesday... Dade's first plane ride! The airport was empty the plane was empty... security was tighter than normal but this was one easy ride. Dade was not even remotely scared, we stopped in New Orleans and landed in Orlando at around midnight. We grabbed a rent-a-car and headed for hotel. Ahhh sleep! I've only had about 3 hours in the 48! Embassy Suites... very nice!
Thursday Universal Studios... well $150 for the 3 of us to get in was a bit steep but overall what a great place. The entire park is geared around shows and interactive motion rides... the twister effects INCREDIBLE! the 3d in T2 very good as well! Despite all the big budget effects in each of these the Ball Factory was the best thing there! Imagine a room, 2 stories tall, catwal around the edge of the second story, air cannons and vacuums everywhere and 1000s or nerf balls... oh what fun we had suckin up balls and shooting them every which way you could imagine. I want one of these for my backyard ... to cool! Over all lots of fun no lines at all and great time.
Friday... got up and headed for Blizzard Beach. BB is a water park in the Disney complex that is based on a ski resort. Everywhere you look is snow and icicles. Long slides a giant wave pool, a very long river, kiddie area... all very good. We played here till our feet hurt from climbing steps over and over. Dade really liked the tobagan racers where you lay on a mat slide down these really long slides... lots of fun. We wore out long before the park closed and went back to the hotel sun-burnt! That evening we went to Race Rock cafe for dinner, Dade's head was on a swivel... Race Rock is full of real vehicles, like... Sampson the monster Truck, John Forces Funny car, Miss Budweiser, about 10 Winston Cup Cars a couple of Top Fuel Dragsters and 20-30 other cars, everything from a racing go cart to World of Outlaws car to some Drag Bikes... He didn't want to eat, it was just "look at that, look at that, lookat that, OH MY GOD look at that..." for about an hour!
Saturday the reason we were there... I spent all day Saturday at the conference, I won't bore with this and that but overall we were well recieved and had a very good turn out... caught a plane that evening and were home by 10pm.
